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Band 3

Competition/European Law

Portugal

17 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Miguel Pena Machete

Europe

Practice Areas

Competition and EU Law. German Desk.

Career

Partner. Expert in advising on competition law and regulation. Miguel Pena Machete focuses his practice on providing preventive advice and defending clients in cases of violations of competition law. He also handles important M&A transactions in relation to regulatory aspects and regarding notifying the competition authority and the European Commission of concentrations.

He is an expert in sectoral regulation law, including licensing, compliance and litigation, particularly in the telecommunications, sports rights, health care, transport, energy and consumer goods sectors.

Regarding public law, he has advised both public and private entities on public procurement, the execution of public contracts and administrative procedures, and has advised many public companies on their activity and management. He also stands out for his experience representing public and private entities before the administrative courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings where he acts as arbitrator.

He joined Cuatrecasas in 2023. From 2001 to 2022, he worked at SLCM - Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, a full-service law firm with over 60 years of activity that merged with Cuatrecasas in 2023. At SLCM he was head of Competition & Regulatory and Public Law areas of practice and head of German Desk.

Professional Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association, Association of Portuguese Competition Lawyers (“CAPDC”), Anwalt.De, DIRO and DACH.

Personal

He was an assistant lecturer of legal-economic science at Universidade Católica de Lisboa (1992-1999) and Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1999-2002).

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